The Night Doctor (2021), a Cannes Hidden Gem
The Night Doctor achieves telling an original story in which the pace accelerates progressively while supported by dark aesthetics.

Ayanna Dozier assumes the character of a young woman who enters a love motel to re-train her emotions about love and sex in lovertits, a 4-minute film inspired in part by Charles Matton’s French erotica movie Spermula. In this version, the woman, who is seen bathing in a bikini in a heart-shaped bath, unsuccessfully attempts to embrace “superficial happiness, femininity and passiveness.” This film is part of the trilogy, "Close, but no Cigar." [Overview Courtesy of Ayanna Dozier]
The Night Doctor achieves telling an original story in which the pace accelerates progressively while supported by dark aesthetics.
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